Word: quarterback
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...known as "the dumb quarterback"? (Pittsburgh's Terry Bradshaw...
...case upended big-time college football. The Sooners-one of the nation's best teams-were required to forfeit eight of their 1972 victories and the conference championship. They were also hit with two seasons of N.C.A.A. "probation," which barred Oklahoma from bowl games. The two youngsters involved, Quarterback Kerry Jackson and Center Michael Phillips, were suspended from the team for a year, even though they were cleared of complicity in the hanky-panky...
Pittsburgh's rendezvous with Minnesota was not exactly a surprise. The Steelers were undefeated in preseason play and, despite the fact that they took most of the fall to decide on their first-string quarterback, they entered the play-offs with a 10-3-1 record. Then, in the process of defeating Buffalo and Oakland to qualify for the Super Bowl, the Steelers really got their offense humming. Running Back Franco Harris remembered how to rumble through tacklers like a tank. Quarterback Terry Bradshaw recalled that he is, after all, No. 1 in Pittsburgh. During recent games, says Coach...
...outcome of Sunday's game' will depend largely on how successfully Pittsburgh can contain Tarkenton. When the Vikings' wily quarterback starts leading pass rushers on a mad chase around the backfield, pass coverage often breaks down. Moreover, if Tarkenton can scramble enough to tire the Steelers' pass rushers, they could become vulnerable to the run. Minnesota also has the advantage of experience; this is their second consecutive Super Bowl and the third in the past six years. They are hungry for their first...
Rozelle Rule. In an antitrust suit brought against the league and the New England Patriots by ex-Quarterback Joe Kapp, Judge Sweigert declared that the so-called Rozelle rule and part of the league's draft procedure are "patently unreasonable" and therefore illegal...